DECONSTRUCTIVISM

DECONSTRUCTIVISM
• Deconstruction is a continuation of an earlier architecture style - postmodernism.
• Deconstructivism is a development of postmodern architecture that began in the
late 1980s.
• However, is stands in opposition to the limiting rules of modernism, including
materials fidelity, purity, clarity and simplicity of forms or forms follows
functionalism and rationalism in modernism ,
• Opposed the ordered rationality of Modernism and Postmodernism.
• Mark a decisive break between the two movements.
• Wanting to "disassemble" architecture.
• Postmodernism returned to embrace the historical references that modernism had
shunned, but deconstructivism rejected the postmodern acceptance of such
references - the idea of ornament as an after-thought or decoration.
• Geometry was to deconstructivists what ornament was to postmodernists, the
subject complication of geometry was applied to the functional, structural, and
spatial aspects of deconstructivist buildings.
• Formal experimentation and geometric imbalances of Russian constructivism.
• Additional references in deconstructivism to 20th-century movements: the
modernism/postmodernism interplay, expressionism, cubism, minimalism and
contemporary art.
 OBJECTIVES:
• USE OF PRINCIPLE OF SUPER IMPOSITION in 3
autonomous systems of point,line & surfaces was
developed by rejecting the totalizing synthesis of
objective constraints.
• Attempt to make planning use fully unplanned i.e
to displace tradition opposition b/w programme
& architecture.
• To destruct architecture by dismantling its
convention by using concepts from both
architecture & other literary
criticism/description.
 DECONSTRUCTIVISM’S FEATURES
• Deconstructivism in architecture was born in the
late 80s of the twentieth century with radical
simplicity of geometric expressed in graphics,
sculpture and architecture..
• Its characteristic feature is the idea of
fragmentation.
AIM:
To prove that it is possible to construct complex
architectural organization without sticking to
traditional rules of composition,herierarchy &
order.
 FEATURES:
• Explodes architectural form into loose collection of related fragments.
• Dominated by curvilinear shapes,(non-rectilinear shapes) which are supposed
to disturb and dislocate the skeleton & elements of the object.
• Delighted by the new, experimental forms and geometric structure
destabilization.
• Deconstructivism in architecture rejects the rule of ornament as a side effect
or an item of decoration.
• Graphic sense of geometric forms.
• Move away from the supposedly constricting 'rules' of modernism such as
"form follows function," "purity of form," and "truth to materials.
• Presence and absence, or solid and void.
• Destroys the dominance of right angles and cube by diagonal lines.
• Finished visual appearance of buildings that exhibit deconstructivist "styles" is
characterized by unpredictability and controlled chaos.
• Provokes shock,uncertainity,unease,disquiet,distortion by challenging familiar
ideas about space,order& regularity.
 EVOLUTION
• Deconstructivism came to pubic notice with the 1982 Parc
de la Villette architectural design competition (especially
the entry from Jacques Derrida and Peter Eisenman and
Bernard Tschumi's winning entry),
• The Museum of Modern Art’s 1988 Deconstructivist
Architecture exhibition in New York, organized by Philip
Johnson and Mark Wigley,exhibiting the works by Frank
Gehry, Daniel Libeskind, Rem Koolhaas, Peter Eisenman,
Zaha Hadid, Coop Himmelb(l)au, and Bernard Tschumi
• The 1989 opening of the Wexner Center for the Arts in
Columbus, designed by Peter Eisenman.
• One of the best architects of deconstructionism are:
Frank Gehry, Vlado Milunić, Zaha Hadid, Coop Himmelb
(l) au, Peter Eisenman, Bernard Tschumi, Rem
Koolhaas, Daniel Libeskind.

• Famous works of architectural deconstruction:

"Dancing House" in Prague, the ,Vitra Design Museum
in Weil-am-Rhein (Germany), Seattle Central Library in
USA the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain, the
MIT Stata Center in Cambridge, USA, and the Parc de la
Villette (Paris), France, New Acropolis Museum in
Athens (Greece), Gehry Tower in Hannover, Germany.
FRANK OWEN GEHRI
 INTRODUCTION
Frank Owen Gehry Was Born On 28th Feburary , 1929 In Toronto Canada.

At The Age Of , 17 , He With His Familiy To Los Angeles , California And Studied
Architecture At The University Of Southern Califonia.

Later , He Studied City Planning At Harvard University.

He Established His Own Firm In 1962 In Los Angeles.

Since That Time , He Has Designed Public Buildings & Private Buildings In America ,
Japan And Europe.

Gehry Work Has Earned Him Several Of The Most Significant Awards
In The Architectural Field.
DESIGN STYLE
HIS APPROACH TO A BUILDING AS A
SCULPTURE RETAINS.

GEHRI ARCHITECTURE HAS

UNDERGONE A MARKED EVOLUTION
FROM THE
PLYWOOD AND CORRUGATED METAL THE LOU RUVO CENTRE
VERNACULAR OF HIS EARLY WOKS BUT
PRESTINE CONCRETE OF HIS LATER
WORKS.

HIS WORKS RETAIN DECONSTRUCTED

AESTHETIC.

GEHRI BUILDINGS COMBINES WITH

SENSUOUS CARVING FORMS, COMPLEX
DECONTRUCTIVE MASSING ,
ACCHIVING SINIFICANT NEW RESULTS. F O GEHRY ‘S CENTRE FOR BRAIN HEALTH
 WORKS
GEHRI HOUSE.

DANCING HOUSE.

WALT DISNEY CONCERT HALL.

GUGGENHEIM MUSEM.
•THE GEHRI RESIDENCE IS FRANK
GEHR’S OWN HOUSE.

•LOCATION: SITUATED IN
SANTA MONICA , CALIFORNAI.

•CNSTRUCTION SYSTEM:
LIGHTWOOD FRAME,
CORRUGATED METAL, CHAIN
LINK FENCES.
ORIGINAL STRUCTURE
oThe original structure is the
conventional two-storey
bungalow with framing.

o Some interior finishes have

been stripped to reveal the
support of the structure inside
the residence.

NEW
. STRUCTURE
Gehry House is a renewal, in 3
stages.

The original house is embedded

with several additions.

But the strength of the house

comes from the feeling that the
additions have not been "added"
to the site, but that came from
inside the house.
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 DANCING HOUSE BY FRANK O GEHRY
• The Dancing House or Fred and Ginger is the nickname given to the
Nationale-Nederlanden building in Prague, Czech Republic, at riverbank.
• adjacent to a vacant plot along the Vltava river;
• a modern glass building surrounded by historic architecture
• The house is located on the corner of the embankment Rasinovo nabrezi
and the street Resslova,
• It was designed by the Croatian-Czech architect Vlado Milunić & Canadian-
American architect Frank Gehry on a vacant riverfront plot.
• wanted to create an icon in Prague.
• The building was designed in 1992 and completed in 1996.[1]
• The very non-traditional design was controversial at the time because the
house stands out among the Baroque, Gothic and Art Nouveau buildings
for which Prague is famous & hence faced criticism.
 GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM BILBAO

•IT WAS DESIGNED BY CANADIAN- AMERICAN ARCHITECT FRANK O GEHRY.

•IT WAS ONE OF THE MOST SPECTACULAR BUILDING IN DECONSTRUCTIVISM
•IT IS LOCATED IN SPAIN NEAR RIVER NERVIAN
•DESIGNED IN CONTEMPORARY STYLE AND IS MOST PROMINENT WORK SINCE 1990-2010
•USE OF TITANIUM GLASS AND LIMESTONE
•THE RANDOMNESS OF CURVES ARE DESIGNED TO GET MORE AND MORE LIGHT.
•LARGE ATRIUM IS THEIR IN INTERIOR TO GET MORE LIGHT.
•IT CONTAIN 19 GALLERIES i.e. 10 WERE IN OCTAGONAL SHAPE PLAN WITH STONE CLADDING
9 WERE IN IRREGULAR SHAPE PLAN WITH TITANIUM CLAD.
• UNFOLDING INTERCONNECTING SHAPES OF STONE TITANIUM AND GLASS RESULT IN GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM.
• TITANIUM IS USED FOR THE FIRST TIME AND IT WAS VERY LIGHT AND THIN.
•TITANIUM CHANGES ITS COLOUR WITH WEATHER.
•APART FROM MUSEUM IT CONTAIN BOOKSTORE, RESTAURANT, CAFETARIA,AND OFFICES.
•IT WAS DIVIDED INTO THREE FLOORS WITH ATRIUM IN CENTRE AND GLASS WALLS AROUND IT TO CONNECT OUTSIDE AND
INSIDE
CHANGING COLOUR OUTSIDE CORRIDOR GLASS WALLS

ENTRANCE IN NIGHT CONSTRUCTION CONSTRUCTION

 WALT DISNEY CONCERT HALL

•IT IS THE FOURTH CONCERT HALL AND IS LOCATED IN DOWNTOWN, L.A.

•IT IS TOO HUGE TO ACCOMMODATE 2500 PEOPLE IN SINGLE TIME.
•UNDERGROUND PARKING IS THERE WHICH WAS FIRST TIME INTRODUCED AND WAS VERY COSTLY DUE TO THIS BUDGET
EXCEED ITS LIMIT.
•USE OF STAINLESS STEEL INSTEAD OF STONE IN EXTERIOR.
• THE SOUND OF THE BAND AND WORDS CAN BE HEARD VERY CLEARLY THAT MEANS ERROR IN THE BAND CAN BE CLEARLY
NOTICED AND THAT WAS ALL DUE TO CURVES WHICH PRODUCED ECHO.
•CEILING IS MADE FROM OREGON PINE AND FLOOR IS MADE UP OF OAK.
•STAINLESS STEEL WAS USED IN MOSTLY PART OF EXTERIOR EXCEPT CHILDERN AMPHITHEATRE AND FOUNDER ROOM WERE
DESIGNED WITH HIGHLY POLISHED MIRROR LIKE PANEL WHICH PRODEUCE HEAT AND GLARE WHICH WAS ELIMINATED BY
SANDIND THE PANELS.
•THERE WAS THE MOST PROMINENT FEATURE IN CONCERT HALL IS THE WOODEN ORGAN WHICH IS HANGING JUST ABOVE
THE REAR OF THE STAGE LOOKS LIKE FRENCH FRIES.
•VINEYARD STYLE SEATING WAS USED SO THAT VISITON CAN SEE IT PROPERLY.
•THERE IS ALSO A GARDEN TO ATTRACT MORE VISITOR AND IN CENTRE THERE IS A FOUNTAIN IN ROSE SHAPE.
EXTERIOR VIEW HAND MADE MODEL

MAIN CONCERT HALL GARDEN